Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 After confirming that there were no other dangers around, Lawrence began to collect loot at the gate of the mine. What makes him feel a little regretful is that the undead creatures may have not many souls remaining in their bodies because they have already died once, at least like this low-level undead creatures.

　　 For example, the eight zombies killed today plus an undead dog brought him far less soul harvest than he thought. Only after defeating ordinary monsters, he gained about 1/5 of the soul.

　　 After collecting the available materials from these monsters, putting them into the space bag around his waist, Lawrence walked along the path to the mine surrounded by a circle of dilapidated wooden walls.

　　 The entire mine is actually built in a small valley, and the gate of the mine is the only gap in this small valley. As he deepened step by step, Lawrence found that a circle of hills around the valley had dozens of mines, large and small, and the small ones could only allow one person to walk straight in. The larger one is the size of a house, with a steam engine for pumping water and ventilation at the entrance, and traces of simple tracks remain on the ground.

　　 It's just that the owner of the mine was a more savvy person, and took away all the valuables when he left. When Lawrence approached the boiler that looked like a behemoth corpse that had been dead for a long time, he found that most of the metal parts of the boiler had been taken away, and only a few brick-like furnaces and wooden mechanical structures remained in place. .

　　【Detection Magic】Standing in the center of the flat land of the mine, Lawrence once again released this magic to detect the entire valley. Soon he discovered that there was a magical aura in the largest mine facing the gate.

　　 "Something is wrong." Lawrence frowned when he looked at the entrance of the black hole. As a spellcaster, even a sorcerer like himself has many ways to isolate magical auras and hide treasures, let alone those who have a lot of magic knowledge. If this place really hides the treasure of the mage, it can't be found so easily.

"It seems that the contents of the treasure map may be inconsistent in the situation, but anyway, they are here, let's go in and take a look." Thinking of this, Lawrence rechecked his guns, and then made a left-handed gun. He walked towards the mine with his right hand ready to cast. The closer he gets to the mine, the colder the surrounding atmosphere becomes.

　　When he came to the entrance of the mine, Lawrence found a row of sleepers lined up neatly toward the darkness of the mine. However, the original rail above has been taken away. In addition, there are still messy dog ​​footprints on the ground. After careful observation, he could confirm that there was only the undead dog that was killed by himself at the door just now.

　　 That undead dog is a formal-level monster. Although its weakness is also the brain, its skull is much harder than that of a zombie, and ordinary bullets are also difficult to break. It's just that the strength of bones and muscles does not mean that there are no weaknesses, so it can be easily killed by Lawrence's enchanted bullet directly into the brain from the eyes.

　　 followed the footsteps on the ground and went deep into the mine for more than 30 meters. A foul smell faintly passed from a branch tunnel on the side. However, this stench is very slight, at most similar to the smell you smell when standing near the manhole cover of the sewer cellar in summer.

　　 "What's that over there?" Because the place where the magical aura was revealed just now was divided into two, and one was just in the tunnel where the smell was emitted, Lawrence chose to go there first. Based on what happened just now, he had vaguely guessed what was inside this small tunnel.

　　 Entering the small tunnel, Lawrence found that the narrow tunnel gave people an extremely depressing feeling, like walking in a tomb. He even felt that the sound of his clothes rubbing and footsteps became much louder in this environment. As he walked forward cautiously, he suddenly felt something under his feet padded, and then there was a click.

　　 Raising his foot gently, Lawrence saw that the corpse of a mouse was trampled by him. Judging from the fact that this dry corpse was broken into pieces that did not exceed the size of the pinky knuckle, it was a bit too much. It's not like it formed naturally in such a humid environment.

This discovery made Lawrence even more vigilant, but when he came to the end of the tunnel, he found that the situation here was a little different from what he had imagined: there were no monsters waiting for him at the end of the tunnel, but a living room the size of a living room. The space, the ground and the surrounding area are full of various mummy. And there is an obvious groove in the middle of this pile of corpses, and it is easy to judge based on the size that the undead dog should have been resting here.

　　 Fortunately, this pile of corpses are mainly small animals like mice, scattered with more than a dozen wild boars and deer. Lawrence did not find any traces of humans in it. Of course, it is also possible that dead humans turned into zombies. Because one of the eight zombies that Lawrence wiped out just now wore a dress that was not the same as the others.

Among the faintly smelling animal mummies, Lawrence took out a small shovel from the space bag and dug up the place where the magical aura had just been released. After a while, a golden light was layered by Lawrence. The dead mouse was dug out from below.

　　 After a simple cleaning, Lawrence discovered that this thing was a simple bracelet made of gold wire. It is inlaid with a good yellow agate carved into the shape of a fat pig. If Lawrence is right, this yellow agate carving style is very close to the Eastern Aurora style.

　　 "It looks like it should be a good thing." Lawrence wiped the mud from the bracelet on his trouser legs, took out a lead box and put it in, then put it in the space bag. Because he knows that it is correct to reserve magic power in such dangerous places and prepare to cast spells, and cannot waste magic power in these places that are not urgently needed.

　　 After searching the zombie dog's lair, Lawrence returned to the main road just now and walked forward. When he arrived at the first place where magical light flashed on the main road, he was shocked to find that it was a magic trap that had been destroyed.

"Someone has been here?" Lawrence felt that his worries just now became a reality, because the next few magical auras were located in either traps that were also destroyed or some magic consumables such as broken enchanted arrows. . After walking three or four hundred meters down the winding tunnels and natural underground cracks, what appeared in front of him was a rock wall~www.ltnovel.com~ How could it be a dead end? "Lawrence thought about releasing [Detect Magic] to search for nearby magical auras, but was surprised to find that there were many magical auras hidden behind the stone wall.

　　 "Huh?" Lawrence became wary, because this magic couldn't penetrate too thick stone walls. After careful inspection, he found that there was a magic hidden in this place.

　　 Soon, Lawrence found a magic circle for manipulation on the rock wall. After a simple cracking, a big hole appeared in the rock wall, and Lawrence immediately drilled into the big hole. The traces of extraordinary power on both sides of the tunnel here have become dense. He found many traces of flame burning, acid corrosion and axe and machete on the cave wall.

　　 This also makes Lawrence's expectation value drop continuously, because these traces indicate that someone has been to this place before his arrival. Obviously, it is impossible for those who enter here to leave any good things to the latecomers.

　　Sure enough, when he walked to the exit of this small tunnel, a huge space appeared in front of Lawrence. In this space like a stadium for 100,000 people, a five-story building with the top and bottom of the cave stands in the center of this empty space.

　　 But judging from the large and small holes in the building that have been blasted, it is obvious that a fierce battle has erupted in this place.

　　 In this battle, the owner of the building should have been defeated. Otherwise, this building will definitely be repaired instead of letting it become dilapidated and silent like it is now, let alone the fragments of bones scattered on the ground.

　　 After taking out the telescope and looking around, Lawrence chose to walk to the building. Because there is only that place in this space as the goal of progress.